I was in a hospital, of sorts, when this happened. The staff had a long debate as to whether they were even going to allow us to see the news this morning. The prevailing fear was the President was going to enact a state of martial law, thereby preventing those of us that were almost ready to leave from doing so as the nurses and staff warned us it would likely be the case.
All the feelings of another day, in 1984, came rushing back to my mind. You see, my mother was in the basement of the United States Embassy in Beirut when it was bombed. I have a picture of her wearing a flack jacket and helmet from the State Dept photographer. It sent chills up my spine, knowing this would not be the only crash of the day. Something told me the rest of the morning would be more planes crashing into many other structures, and possibly the White House and US Capitol buildings.
My prayers to the families of those that perished on that unholiest of days.